I was in our local pub on Sunday night. The story doing the rounds was that of a local Councillor who had been making noises about whether the smoking shack in the beer garden constituted inside or not, and had informed the gaffer he would object at the next licensing session if the sides weren't removed.

He was in on Saturday night and had "downed a few" according to the gaffer. He was being taunted over his threat to oppose the next licence so he went outside, into the smoking shack, onto a table, opened his flies and had a piss in an ashtray.

What is ironic about that is that now he is barred, he would have to declare an interest and not sit in judgement at the next licensing session.

Still, got to admire the bugger......